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Author Bowden, Hugh.

Title Classical Athens and the Delphic oracle : divination and democracy / Hugh Bowden.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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 Moore Stacks  DF261.D35 B685 2005    Available  ---
Description xviii, 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-179) and index.
Contents How did the Delphic oracle work? -- What did the Athenians think of the Delphic oracle? -- What did historians and philosophers say about the Delphic oracle? -- How and why did the Athenians consult the Delphic oracle? -- What did the Athenians ask the Delphic oracle? -- Why did the Athenian (and other Greek cities) go to war? -- Conclusion: divination and democracy.
Subject Delphian oracle -- Political aspects.
Delphian oracle.
Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 1500.
Democracy.
Greece -- Athens.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government.
ISBN 0521530814 paperback
0521823730 alkaline paper
9780521823739 alkaline paper
9780521530811 paperback

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